Machine fob turning or edging bricks



CHAS. 0. FARRINGTON, OF BRE-WER, MAINE.

MACHINE FOR TURNING 0R EDG-ING BRICKS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,790, dated February 1, 1859.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. FARRING- TON, of Brewer, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Device for Turning or Edging Bricks During the Process of Drying after being Molded; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact de scription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same, taken in the line a, Fig. 3. Fig. 3., a horizontal section in the same, taken in the line y, y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4, a transverse section of the same, taken in the line a, z, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate cor-- responding parts in the several figures.

This invention consists in having a series of slats attached by joints or hinges to a suitable frame and connected to a spring, the whole being arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the unburned bricks, during the process of drying, may be turned from a flatwise position, as they are left by the molds, to a position edgewise, with far greater facility and rapidity than they can be turned by the usual hand process.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, A, represent two parallel bars of suitable length connected near their ends by traverse bars B, B. To the center of each traverse bar B, an upright C, is attached, and these uprights are connected at their upper ends by a longitudinal bar D, which serves as a handle as will be hereinafter shown.

To the under sides of the bars A, A, slats E, are attached transversely by joints or hinges a. These joints or hinges are formed at the lower ends of pendent plates b, which are attached to the bars A, A, the joints a, being a little below the upper edges of the slats, say about half an inch, the slats being narrower than the thickness of the bricks,

see Figs. l and 2. The slats are placed at a suitable distance apart and they are connected at their upper edges by joints c, to a bar F, which is parallel with the bars A, A. To the bar F, one end of a spiral spring G, is attached, the opposite end of said spring being attached to one of the uprights C, and having a tendency to keep the slats E, in a vertical or edgewise position.

The framing of the implement, to wit, the bars A, A, B, B, may be of wood, and also the slats E, the uprights C, C, may be of metal and also the bar F. I do not confine myself however to, any particular ma-v terial in constructing the device.

The implement or device is used as follows: The bricks, shown in red, are discharged from the molds iiatwise in the drying yard and in rows, and when the bricks require to be turned on edge, the operator grasps each end of the bar or handle D, and with a foot on each side of the row to be turned. If the bricks are to be turned to the right, the curved end of the bar D, is grasped by the right hand, the other end is grasped by the left hand, the right elbow being outside t-he right knee. The slats F, are then placed between the bricks, the bars A, A, resting on the tops thereof and the implement is shoved to the rightA by the right knee and the slats E, bear against one side of the bricks the latter will be canted or turned upward on their edges, the slats E, turning on the hinges a, so as to follow the inclination of the sides of the bricks as they are turned upward, and thereby prevent the slats from bearing against the edges of the bricks and destroying the sharp angles of the same, see dotted lines Fig. l. When the bricks are turned on edge and the implement raised therefrom the slats are made to assume their original position by means of the spring Gr, the implement is again operated as before and a succeeding number of bricks turned.

By this invention twelve bricks may be turned on edge at a single operation, whereas by the usual hand process only two be turned at once.

The device s simple, may be cheaply oonto the bar F, which has the spring Gr, atstruoted and Will effect a vast saving in taehed to it, the Whole being arranged sub- 10 labor. stantally as and for the purpose set forth.

Havinff thus described my invention What 5 I claim das lnew and desire to secure by Let- CHARLES O' FARRINGTON ters Patent, is, Witnesses:

The slats E, att-ached by joint hinges a, HENRY M. FARRINGTON, to Jche bars A, A, and connected by joints c, A JosEPH R. FARRINGTON. 

